Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship Curriculum

Curriculum Goals

• Train proficient, knowledgeable, compassionate, and effective experts in psychosomatic medicine through a broad range of patient experiences in multiple settings enhanced by seminars and effective supervision.
• Preparing fellows to be leaders in their field through building effective liaison relationships with other specialties and furthering their skills of professionalism.
• Fostering lifelong learning through integration of academic activities, teaching, and scholarly projects locally through Baystate Medical Center practices and nationally through professional organizations.
• Provide teaching that promotes recognition and acceptance of individual and cultural differences, and understanding of social factors that influence health.

We offer a flexible, customizable experience in a variety of practice settings including inpatient work at Baystate Medical Center, virtual inpatient consultation at community hospital sites, and outpatient integrated behavioral health and memory disorders clinic. We have a variety of elective opportunities and medical education experiences including options to teach and mentor psychiatry residents and medical students.

The Fellowship is focused on your education and career goals; our service run independent of fellows and does not rely on fellows to manage service volume.

Sample Block Schedule

Notes
CL: Inpatient consults on Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service
IBH: Integrated Behavioral Health outpatient consults, one ½ day per week
ACT: Addiction Consult Team inpatient addiction psychiatry consultation 1 day per week
Mem: Outpatient Memory Disorders Clinic, one ½ day per week

Elective Opportunities
Electroconvulsive Therapy, Perinatal Mental Health, Emergency Psychiatry, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Palliative Care, and Future Faculty in Psychiatry.